p.ii. C. 



S2 Geographical Objervations in the Inland Tarts 



Beni Am- ii/avs of thc Ββπί-^φπΐηβν, a numerous and warlike Communi- 

 ty; vvhOj from Their former Intercourfe with the Spaniards, 

 whilft in PofleiTion of t^^arran, fpeak the Spatiifj Language to 

 Perfection. 



The Moun- A long Chain of Mountains runs Parallel with the Sibkah. 



tains oflel- *-' -' 



iSow"'' ^^1^^^ t^ *^^ Weftward TeJ/ai/ab, and to the Eaftward Tafa- 



rowy. On this Side the Mountains of TeJJailah, fifteen Miles 



Arbaai. from Wavran to the S. are the Ruins of Arhailah, or Arhaal, 



the Agobel of Marmol\ formerly a confiderable City. 

 Teffaiiah. Six Miles behind Arhailah, are the Ruins of TeJJailah, a City 

 ciLis^£.«. of the like Bignefs, though fituated in a richer Soil, upon the 

 Plains, as They are called, oiTe/failah. This being a Station 

 of the Romans, and lying in the fame Meridian with ( l^^ar- 

 ran or) ii^uza, may lay a greater Claim to the antient Αβα- 

 cilk than Tefzra above mentioned. TeJJailah likewife v^arieth 

 very little from what we may fuppofe to have been the old 

 Pronunciation of Aflacilis, before It received a Greek or La- 

 tin Termination. All Thefe Mountains and Their adjacent 

 Plains, are pofleiTed by Welled Aly and Welled Moufa-Ben ^~ 

 dallahi the hereditary Enemies of Welled Zeire and Haifa. 



The Country adjacent to the Rivers Maherrah and Tagiab, 



before they enter the Plains of Midley and Romaleah, belongs 



to the Hafljem\ who, according to the Eaftern, Middle, or 



Weftern Part of the Country They inhabit, and in Contradiftin- 



olion to the other Branches of the fame Name, are called the 



Hafljem Shraaga, the HaPjem Saha-rowy, and the Haftiem of 



j^greeje. They are one of the moft confiderable Tribes of the 



Weft, are obliged to the Payment of no Taxes, and ferve only 



as Volunteers, when the Algerines require Their AiTiftance. 



The Plains of Midley are the Property chiefly of the Viceroy 



Abdt el of This Province, and cultivated at His Expence. Upon the 



TitiicE.'' Weftern Skirts of Them, we meet with the Sanftuary of Seedy 



S'oi.tlbio.' 7)oud, and fome Ruins hard by It, called iy^hdt el Wed. Ti- 



mice ftiould lye near This Place. 

 Taguhnciii- Tagulmemmett , the Tugilmac, I prefume, of our modern Sea 

 Charts, is about four Miles to the S. S. E. of Muflygannim\ 

 and, by the Extent of Ruins, feems to have been a Place of 

 Confideration. The large fertil Plains below It, particularly 



I /Igohel eft entre Tez.el4 & Ontn; on nommoit cctte villc ancienncment Vill<>ire. LI Λ' 

 frique dc Marmot. Ι.5•.ο.ΐ4. 



where 



T/ie Hifliem. 



mett. 



